Focus: Gibraltar, Spain and Brexit
As Britain heads for a weekend summit designed to seal its impending departure from the European Union, Spain is threatening to throw a last-minute spanner
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Gibraltar accuses Spain of brandishing ‘whip’
Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Fabian Picardo on Thursday accused Spain of brandishing a ‘whip’ with its threat to derail a draft Brexit deal over the British
EU, Britain agree draft Brexit declaration
The EU and Britain on Thursday agreed a draft declaration laying out plans for ‘ambitious, broad, deep and flexible’ relations after Brexit, setting the stage
Spanish PM repeats Brexit threat over Gibraltar
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has reiterated his threat to vote against the draft deal on Britain’s exit from the European Union at the weekend
PP and Cs abstain in vote to condemn Franco
The Spanish Senate condemned the period of the Franco dictatorship on Wednesday, but members of the People’s Party (PP) and Ciudadanos (Cs) abstained. The two big
Spanish court rules against sex workers union
Spain’s National Court has ruled against the creation of the first sex workers union that left the feminist Socialist (PSOE) government red in the face
‘Fascist’ and spitting accusations in Congress
The speaker of Spain’s Congress, Ana Pastor, expelled Catalan MP Gabriel Rufián from the chamber on Wednesday after his confrontation with the Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell.
Between The Rock and a Hard Brexit
It has long been Northern Ireland that has bedevilled efforts to negotiate an orderly Brexit, but now another British territory has emerged to haunt the
Spain: an independent Scotland could rejoin EU
Spain’s foreign minister said Tuesday that an independent Scotland could rejoin the European Union after Brexit – and warned of the United Kingdom’s ‘weakness’. Previously,
Sánchez warns of election if budget blocked
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warned Tuesday he will call an early general election unless parliament approves his minority government’s draft 2019 Budget, which is
